Nonoperative management of a splenic tear in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-301

  Zieg, Paul M ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Beardsley, Diana S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Blunt splenic injury; Hemophilia; Jehovah's Witness; Recombinant factor VIII

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030040159     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199602000-00023     Document Type: Article

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